Norpro Cast Iron Bacon Grill Press

by Norpro

Product Features

• Press measures 6.75 inches/17cm by 4 inches/10cm
• Made of cast-iron, with stay-cool wooden handle, needs to be seasoned before use
• Presses frying bacon flat to prevent curling
• Use also for flattening burgers, grilled sandwiches, quesadillas
• Hand wash, rinse thoroughly and dry with a paper towel - never soaked cast iron

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 4.9 x 3.5 inches ; 4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004UE7B
• Item model number: 1400
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,746 in Kitchen & Dining (See Top 100 in Kitchen & Dining)

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Bacon curls while frying, making it difficult to cook evenly. Long ago, cooks found a simple solution to this problem: hold bacon to its proper shape by flattening it with a heavy, cast-iron press. Norpro's press hews to that tradition. It's made of traditional cast iron and has a wooden handle that stays cool while the press is in use. For speeding up the bacon-frying process, the press can be preheated--also preheat it when you're flattening hamburgers, grilled sandwiches, or quesadillas. Season the press by coating it with oil and heating it for 20 minutes; after cleaning it in soapy water, it should also be lightly coated with vegetable oil to prevent rust. --Fred Brack

Product Description

Even the best cut bacon can curl, making it difficult to cook evenly. The cast iron bacon press flattens the bacon, keeping it's shape for even cooking and the wooden handle stays cool while the press is in use. To speed up the process, pre-heat the press.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good and bad, November 29, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Norpro Cast Iron Bacon Grill Press (Kitchen)

A bacon press helps tremendously when fighting curling bacon. This one has a design on the bottom, which is attractive, but food particles get caught in it and make it impossible to clean. I have used mine for several years and no amount of scrubbing, even with wire pads, will get food particles from the cracks. A plain bottom would be more functional and healthier.

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, March 20, 2005

By 

David Klinger "dave2169" (Houston) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Norpro Cast Iron Bacon Grill Press (Kitchen)

Everytime we would cook a big weekend breakfast, I would remember the grill presses from when I was a kid and mutter to myself that I needed one. Saw it here at Amazon and decided to give it a try.

Pros - It works just like I remembered. It holds the bacon down and keeps it flat while cooking. This produces a very consistently cooked piece of meat, which is what I was looking for. We prefer our bacon crispy, but not overcooked, and this does a fine job. If you like crisp bacon then this press is what you are looking for.

Cons - It is iron, you have to remember to season it. That's not necessarily a con if you are familiar with cooking with iron cookware, but my darling wife is not and she put it in the dishwasher - repeatedly. Now the darn thing has rust on it that is proving difficult to deal with. That is where the cute little design of a pig on its face comes into being a con. It's difficult to clean around all of its ridges. The design does not prove a difficulty in cleaning normal food particles off, just in my case with the rust.

The addition of some kind of drip pan would be nice as well, but I live without it well enough. When I am done cooking I just lift it off the pan for a moment and let most of the grease run off. Then, a couple of paper towels folding up as a blotter do well to keep the mess down while we eat and the press waits for a hand cleaning.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Embossed design on bottom prevents proper cleaning!, October 2, 2008

By 

Steve Lokietz (Cornwall, NY, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Norpro Cast Iron Bacon Grill Press (Kitchen)

Someone didn't think things through on this. There's a "Bacon Press" design on the bottom surface that has all sorts of irregular nooks and crannies, it's a pain in the behind to clean. The round bacon press by Norpro is much better (though a bit big for some situations) because the bottom surface is just ridged to give that striped "grilled look".

I don't know why that design is not on the top surface instead of on the bottom. Just plain dumb.